kawọboju-kokoro
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Yoruba
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Freshly_formed_pupa_of_Melanitis_leda_%28Linnaeus%2C_1758%29_%E2%80%93_Common_Evening_Brown.jpg/220px-Freshly_formed_pupa_of_Melanitis_leda_%28Linnaeus%2C_1758%29_%E2%80%93_Common_Evening_Brown.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ká (“fold”) + ọwọ́ (“hands”) + bò (“to cover”) + ojú (“face”) + kòkòrò (“insect”), literally “one that coils the hands to conceal or cover up the face of an insect”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]káwọ́bojú-kòkòrò
- pupa (of an insect)